women in prison
By Diana Kasdan, American Civil Liberties Union October 6, 2009 - 6:00am
Last week a federal Court of Appeals held for the first time that the Constitution protects pregnant women in prison from unnecessary and unsafe shackling during labor and childbirth. Our video answers FAQs on shackling.
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By Margo Kaplan, Center for HIV Law and Policy June 10, 2009 - 7:00am
While some states do criminalize HIV exposure, a U.S. District Judge does more than this - he imprisons a woman for the mere possibility that she might transmit HIV in the future.
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